Explain the conservation of energy during a freefall of a ball

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Dear Student, As an object falls from rest, its gravitational potential energy is converted to kinetic energy. Conservation of energy as a tool permits the calculation of the velocity just before it hits the surface i.e. PE = KE ã€‹ mgh = 1/2 mv^2 Regards

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